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I'll be editing the Spring 2023 issue of Ploughshares!

The Book of Magic made The New York Times Editors Choice list for the week of November 21, 2021!

The Book of Magic made The New York Times  hardcover fiction bestseller list for the week of October 31, 2021.

The Book of Magic made the Indie Bestsellers List for the week of October 20, 2021.

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Read The New York Times  Book Review of The Book of Magic!

“Alice Hoffman has given us such a gift with this series, and this final chapter is sure to be another heartfelt celebration of mothers and daughters and the magic of falling in love.”—LitHub

The Book of Magic was a LibraryReads October 2021 Hall of Fame Pick

"The Book of Magic gives an engrossing and satisfying conclusion to the series."— BuzzFeed

Reese's Book Club named The Book of Magic as a most anticipated book of Fall 

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The World That We Knew wins the 2020 Dayton Peace Prize for Fiction

The New York Times loves Magic Lessons!

"Hoffman's book swept me away during a time I most needed it."The New York Times 

Magic Lessons was chosen as a New York Times Editors' Choice/Staff Pick

Magic Lessons was named one of the 20 Indie Next Great Reads

Magic Lessons made the Indie Bestsellers List for the week of October 21, 2020

Entertainment Weekly named Magic Lessons one of the Fall 2020's

must read books

“Heartbreaking and heart-healing…intense and gorgeous…This is an impressive tale, equal parts love story, history, and horror….The whole thing is absolutely riveting and riveting from start to finish.” -Bookpage

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The World That We Knew made the LA Times Bestsellers List (October 2020)

Magic Lessons: The New Novel in Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic Series | Book Trailer

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The World That We Knew  is the recipient of the 2019 National Jewish Book Award for Book Club Book! It was also longlisted for The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

My short story, Everything My Mother Taught Me, is available for purchase. It is part of the Inheritance Series and Amazon's new Original Stories Collection.

​The World That We Knew  is an instant New York Times  and Indiebound bestseller!

"Hoffman the storyteller continues to dazzle."—Mary Pols, The New York Times, Read Full Review 

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